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Kanji taught in Grade 3 of Japanese elementary school
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Kanji taught in Grade 3 of Japanese elementary school
| English | Kanji | Strokes | Grade | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong | 悪 | 11 | 3 | 530 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful | 安 | 6 | 3 | 144 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded | 暗 | 13 | 3 | 1040 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard | 委 | 8 | 3 | 187 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking | 意 | 13 | 3 | 99 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| doctor, medicine | 医 | 7 | 3 | 437 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| bring up, grow up, raise, rear | 育 | 8 | 3 | 369 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| employee, member, number, the one in charge | 員 | 10 | 3 | 54 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| drink, smoke, take | 飲 | 12 | 3 | 969 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school | 院 | 10 | 3 | 150 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance | 運 | 12 | 3 | 255 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| swim | 泳 | 8 | 3 | 1223 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| station | 駅 | 14 | 3 | 724 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| center, middle | 央 | 5 | 3 | 582 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof | 横 | 15 | 3 | 480 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| roof, house, shop, dealer, seller | 屋 | 9 | 3 | 616 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| warm | 温 | 12 | 3 | 838 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization | 化 | 4 | 3 | 89 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight | 荷 | 10 | 3 | 1230 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| world | 界 | 9 | 3 | 158 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| open, unfold, unseal | 開 | 12 | 3 | 59 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building | 階 | 12 | 3 | 513 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| cold | 寒 | 12 | 3 | 1456 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| emotion, feeling, sensation | 感 | 13 | 3 | 233 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| Sino-, China | 漢 | 13 | 3 | 1487 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| building, mansion, large building, palace | 館 | 16 | 3 | 613 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| beach | 岸 | 8 | 3 | 556 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| period, time, date, term | 期 | 12 | 3 | 117 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| rouse, wake up, get up | 起 | 10 | 3 | 374 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| guest, visitor, customer, client | 客 | 9 | 3 | 557 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess | 宮 | 10 | 3 | 367 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| hurry, emergency, sudden, steep | 急 | 9 | 3 | 309 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| ball, sphere | 球 | 11 | 3 | 302 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| research, study | 究 | 7 | 3 | 368 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| class, rank, grade | 級 | 9 | 3 | 785 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce | 去 | 5 | 3 | 440 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| bridge | 橋 | 16 | 3 | 553 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| business, vocation, arts, performance | 業 | 13 | 3 | 43 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment | 局 | 7 | 3 | 286 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean | 曲 | 6 | 3 | 810 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| silver | 銀 | 14 | 3 | 395 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| ward, district | 区 | 4 | 3 | 137 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl | 苦 | 8 | 3 | 623 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture | 具 | 8 | 3 | 629 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| old boy, name-suffix | 君 | 7 | 3 | 947 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself | 係 | 9 | 3 | 232 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| lightly, trifling, unimportant | 軽 | 12 | 3 | 790 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| decide, fix, agree upon, appoint | 決 | 7 | 3 | 71 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| blood | 血 | 6 | 3 | 832 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| polish, study of, sharpen | 研 | 9 | 3 | 336 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| prefecture | 県 | 9 | 3 | 140 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| warehouse, storehouse | 庫 | 10 | 3 | 852 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| lake | 湖 | 12 | 3 | 1344 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach | 向 | 6 | 3 | 182 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| happiness, blessing, fortune | 幸 | 8 | 3 | 786 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| harbor | 港 | 12 | 3 | 495 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call | 号 | 5 | 3 | 585 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| root, radical, head (pimple) | 根 | 10 | 3 | 620 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship | 祭 | 11 | 3 | 1124 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| slope, incline, hill | 坂 | 7 | 3 | 865 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| dish, a helping, plate | 皿 | 5 | 3 | 1812 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| attend, doing, official, serve | 仕 | 5 | 3 | 439 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| use | 使 | 8 | 3 | 219 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| commence, begin | 始 | 8 | 3 | 244 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler) | 指 | 9 | 3 | 155 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| death, die | 死 | 6 | 3 | 229 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| poem, poetry | 詩 | 13 | 3 | 1196 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tooth, cog | 歯 | 12 | 3 | 1106 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly | 事 | 8 | 3 | 18 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| hold, have | 持 | 9 | 3 | 119 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| next, order, sequence | 次 | 6 | 3 | 222 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression | 式 | 6 | 3 | 251 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| reality, truth | 実 | 8 | 3 | 68 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| copy, be photographed, describe | 写 | 5 | 3 | 453 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| someone, person | 者 | 8 | 3 | 38 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| lord, chief, master, main thing, principal | 主 | 5 | 3 | 95 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| take, fetch, take up | 取 | 8 | 3 | 122 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| guard, protect, defend, obey | 守 | 6 | 3 | 457 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| sake, alcohol | 酒 | 10 | 3 | 1006 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive | 受 | 8 | 3 | 136 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| state, province | 州 | 6 | 3 | 386 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten | 拾 | 9 | 3 | 1479 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| end, finish | 終 | 11 | 3 | 256 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| learn | 習 | 11 | 3 | 706 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock | 集 | 12 | 3 | 210 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| dwell, reside, live, inhabit | 住 | 7 | 3 | 270 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold | 重 | 9 | 3 | 193 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling | 宿 | 11 | 3 | 701 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| place | 所 | 8 | 3 | 221 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| sultry, hot, summer heat | 暑 | 12 | 3 | 1442 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| help, rescue, assist | 助 | 7 | 3 | 397 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| victory, win, prevail, excel | 勝 | 12 | 3 | 185 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant | 商 | 11 | 3 | 413 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| shining, bright | 昭 | 9 | 3 | 697 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel | 消 | 10 | 3 | 345 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| badge, chapter, composition, poem, design | 章 | 11 | 3 | 990 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join | 乗 | 9 | 3 | 377 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| plant | 植 | 12 | 3 | 699 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen | 深 | 11 | 3 | 484 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac | 申 | 5 | 3 | 492 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| true, reality, Buddhist sect | 真 | 10 | 3 | 279 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| gods, mind, soul | 神 | 9 | 3 | 347 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| 身 | 7 | 3 | 320 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences | |
| advance, proceed, progress, promote | 進 | 11 | 3 | 142 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| generation, world, society, public | 世 | 5 | 3 | 135 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music) | 整 | 16 | 3 | 478 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| once upon a time, antiquity, old times | 昔 | 8 | 3 | 1197 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill | 全 | 6 | 3 | 75 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| concept, think, idea, thought | 想 | 13 | 3 | 381 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy | 相 | 9 | 3 | 45 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| escort, send | 送 | 9 | 3 | 311 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| breath, respiration, son, interest (on money) | 息 | 10 | 3 | 882 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| quick, fast | 速 | 10 | 3 | 576 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tribe, family | 族 | 11 | 3 | 393 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| other, another, the others | 他 | 5 | 3 | 543 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen | 打 | 5 | 3 | 239 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare | 対 | 7 | 3 | 34 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| wait, depend on | 待 | 9 | 3 | 391 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee | 代 | 5 | 3 | 66 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| No., residence | 第 | 11 | 3 | 160 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| topic, subject | 題 | 18 | 3 | 96 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| charcoal, coal | 炭 | 9 | 3 | 1307 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point | 短 | 12 | 3 | 689 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| discuss, talk | 談 | 15 | 3 | 272 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing | 着 | 12 | 3 | 376 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| pillar, post, cylinder, support | 柱 | 9 | 3 | 1119 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate | 注 | 8 | 3 | 497 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign | 丁 | 2 | 3 | 1312 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| notebook, account book, album | 帳 | 11 | 3 | 1459 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate | 調 | 15 | 3 | 87 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile | 追 | 9 | 3 | 411 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| determine, fix, establish, decide | 定 | 8 | 3 | 48 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| courtyard, garden, yard | 庭 | 10 | 3 | 816 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo | 笛 | 11 | 3 | 1928 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| iron | 鉄 | 13 | 3 | 672 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| revolve, turn around, change | 転 | 11 | 3 | 327 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| ascend, climb up | 登 | 12 | 3 | 566 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| metropolis, capital | 都 | 11 | 3 | 123 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences | 度 | 9 | 3 | 110 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| island | 島 | 10 | 3 | 245 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss | 投 | 7 | 3 | 236 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| hot water, bath, hot spring | 湯 | 12 | 3 | 1356 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar | 等 | 12 | 3 | 798 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| beans, pea, midget | 豆 | 7 | 3 | 1422 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake | 動 | 11 | 3 | 73 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| juvenile, child | 童 | 12 | 3 | 1138 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| agriculture, farmers | 農 | 13 | 3 | 385 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| waves, billows, Poland | 波 | 8 | 3 | 740 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| distribute, spouse, exile, rationing | 配 | 10 | 3 | 359 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| double, twice, times, fold | 倍 | 10 | 3 | 714 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| box, chest, case, bin, railway car | 箱 | 15 | 3 | 1357 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji) | 畑 | 9 | 3 | 1176 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose | 発 | 9 | 3 | 32 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| anti- | 反 | 4 | 3 | 191 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| plank, board, plate, stage | 板 | 8 | 3 | 926 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret | 悲 | 12 | 3 | 1014 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| pelt, skin, hide, leather | 皮 | 5 | 3 | 1092 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| beauty, beautiful | 美 | 9 | 3 | 462 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| nose, snout | 鼻 | 14 | 3 | 1632 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting | 筆 | 12 | 3 | 1132 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal | 氷 | 5 | 3 | 1450 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| surface, table, chart, diagram | 表 | 8 | 3 | 77 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| ill, sick | 病 | 10 | 3 | 384 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| second (1/60 minute) | 秒 | 9 | 3 | 1015 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses | 品 | 9 | 3 | 225 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility | 負 | 9 | 3 | 443 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine | 部 | 11 | 3 | 36 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| clothing, admit, obey, discharge | 服 | 8 | 3 | 873 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| blessing, fortune, luck, wealth | 福 | 13 | 3 | 467 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| thing, object, matter | 物 | 8 | 3 | 215 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| even, flat, peace | 平 | 5 | 3 | 128 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| return, answer, fade, repay | 返 | 7 | 3 | 685 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| exertion | 勉 | 10 | 3 | 1066 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate | 放 | 8 | 3 | 288 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| flavor, taste | 味 | 8 | 3 | 442 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint | 命 | 8 | 3 | 465 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| mask, face, features, surface | 面 | 9 | 3 | 186 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| question, ask, problem | 問 | 11 | 3 | 64 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role | 役 | 7 | 3 | 315 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit | 薬 | 16 | 3 | 702 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| oil, fat | 油 | 8 | 3 | 690 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx | 有 | 6 | 3 | 282 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| wherefore, a reason | 由 | 5 | 3 | 325 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| play | 遊 | 12 | 3 | 941 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| beforehand, previous, myself, I | 予 | 4 | 3 | 180 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix | 様 | 14 | 3 | 493 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| ocean, western style | 洋 | 9 | 3 | 763 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| sheep | 羊 | 6 | 3 | 1852 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece | 葉 | 12 | 3 | 414 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime | 陽 | 12 | 3 | 1071 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| fall, drop, come down | 落 | 12 | 3 | 420 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| current, a sink, flow, forfeit | 流 | 10 | 3 | 280 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| trip, travel | 旅 | 10 | 3 | 783 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two | 両 | 6 | 3 | 247 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| green | 緑 | 14 | 3 | 1180 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration | 礼 | 5 | 3 | 1185 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| file, row, rank, tier, column | 列 | 6 | 3 | 927 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine | 練 | 14 | 3 | 788 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| path, route, road, distance | 路 | 13 | 3 | 529 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
| harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan | 和 | 8 | 3 | 124 | Kanji Details | Example Sentences |
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